Ice-brake for sleds.



C. W. STENGEL & E. T. WITGHEL.

10E BRAKE FOR SLEDS.

APPLICATION mum MAR. 19, 1012.

1,035,650, Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGIIAPH 120.. WASHINGTON. D. c:

STATES OFFICE.

CHARLES W. STENGEL AND EVAN T. WITCHEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-BRAKE FOR SLEDS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Crmnnns WV. STEN- GEL and EVAN T. WITCHEL, bothcitizens of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ice-Brake for Sleds, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of a sled-brake which may be attached to any sledof ordinary construction and be employed for checking the speed of asled in coasting or otherwise sliding freely, for stopping the sled,steering the same, and for starting and propelling the sled.

It further consists in providing a swiveled support for the brakestaffs.

It, further consists of other novel'features of construction, all aswill be hereinafter fully set forth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificarrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an ordinary coaster sledprovided with our improved brake. Fig. 2 represents a perspective viewof the bracket, swiveled ring and brake-staff. Fig. 3 represents asection of the brake-staff. Fig. 4 represents a sec tion of the bracket,illustrating the manner of supporting the swiveled ring for thebrake-staff.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numerals 1 indicate the runnersof a sled of the usual coaster-type. T-shaped brackets, 2, arevertically secured to the outsides of said runners, and rings, 3, havingshanks, 4t, are swiveled upon said shanks in holes, in the brackets, theends of said shanks being upset to form heads, 6, bearing againstwashers, 7. Staffs, 8, fit to slide in said rings, and have taperingbores 9, in their ends. A double-pointed spur, 10, of double pyramidalshape, or otherwise tapering to- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 19, 1912.

Patented Au 13, 1912.

Serial No. 684,677.

ward both ends, has one tapering portion fitted into the tapering boreof each staff, and a ferrule, 11, fits on the end of the staff. It willbe noted that the brackets are rigidly secured to the sled to extendabove the seat thereof, and that the rings are swiveled in the bracketsat a fixed point above and with respect to the seat of the sled, inorder to provide that the fulcrum of the staff is at a fixed ratio withrespect to said seat. The points or spurs may be brought to bear againstthe ice or snow while the sled is traveling, and the sled may thus bechecked or stopped, or one of the staffs may be applied at one side ofthe sled to check the same on one side and thus turn the same towardthat side. Besides braking and steering the sled, the staffs may also beused for propelling the sled by pushing upon the staffs or byoscillating the samethe longitudinal play of the staffs in the rings andthe swing of the staffs in a vertical plane, owing to the shanks of therings rocking on a horizontal axis, allowing said staffs to be pushedrearward in vertical planes to push the sled forward,

WVhen the points of the spurs become worn, the spurs may be removed andreversed, and the worn ends inserted into the bores, wedging in thesame, when the spurs will be held in place and present new and sharppoints.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A sled-braking, propelling and steering device, comprising an uprightbracket adapted to be rigidly secured to the side of a sled to extendabove its seat, a ring hav ing a shank horizontally swiveled in suchbracket and above the seat of the sled, and a staff provided with a spurat one end and having longitudinal play in said ring, whereby the staffis movable in a vertical plane longitudinal to the sled.

CHARLES \V. STENGEL. EVAN T. l/VITCI-IEL. WVitnesses James F. DONAHUE,FRED A. STIOI-ILING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

